1991 Houston Astros season

1991  Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	The Astrodome
City	Houston, Texas
Record	65–97 (.401)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	John McMullen
General managers	Bill Wood
Managers	Art Howe
Television	KTXH HSE
Radio	KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Orlando Sánchez-Diago, Rolando Becerra)
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The Houston Astros' 1991 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

The Astros finished 65–97, which tied the 1965 and 1975 clubs for the most losses in franchise history at the time.

Offseason

• October 4, 1990: Bill Gullickson was released by the Astros. ^[1]
• January 10, 1991: Glenn Davis was traded by the Astros to the Baltimore Orioles for Curt Schilling, Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch. ^[2]

Regular season

Standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	94	68	0.580	—	48–33	46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	0.574	1	54–27	39–42
San Diego Padres	84	78	0.519	10	42–39	42–39
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	19	43–38	32–49
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	0.457	20	39–42	35–46
Houston Astros	65	97	0.401	29	37–44	28–53

Record vs. opponents

1991 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	11–7	13–5	7–11	5–7	9–3	5–7	9–3	11–7	9–9	9–3
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	9–3	2–10	10–7	11–6	8–10	7–11	4–8	6–6	10–8
Cincinnati	7–11	8–4	—	9–9	6–12	6–6	5–7	9–3	2–10	8–10	10–8	4–8
Houston	5–13	3–9	9–9	—	8–10	2–10	7–5	7–5	4–8	6–12	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	11–7	10–2	12–6	10–8	—	5–7	7–5	7–5	7–5	10–8	8–10	6–6
Montreal	7–5	7–10	6–6	10–2	7–5	—	4–14	4–14	6–12	6–6	7–5	7–11
New York	3–9	6–11	7–5	5–7	5–7	14–4	—	11–7	6–12	7–5	6–6	7–11
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	3–9	5–7	5–7	14–4	7–11	—	6–12	9–3	6–6	6–12
Pittsburgh	3–9	11–7	10–2	8–4	5–7	12–6	12–6	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–7
San Diego	7–11	8–4	10–8	12–6	8–10	6–6	5–7	3–9	5–7	—	11–7	9–3
San Francisco	9–9	6–6	8–10	9–9	10–8	5–7	6–6	6–6	5–7	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	3–9	8–10	8–4	7–5	6–6	11–7	11–7	12–6	7–11	3–9	8–4	—

Roster

1991 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 46 Ryan Bowen 35 Mike Capel 38 Jim Clancy 41 Jim Corsi 43 Jim Deshaies 39 Chris Gardner 27 Pete Harnisch 47 Dwayne Henry 31 Xavier Hernandez 37 Jimmy Jones 44 Jeff Juden 57 Darryl Kile 56 Rob Mallicoat 52 Al Osuna 51 Mark Portugal 19 Curt Schilling 33 Mike Scott 36 Dean Wilkins 53 Brian Williams		Catchers  7 Craig Biggio 10 Tony Eusebio 28 Carl Nichols  9 Scott Servais Infielders  5 Jeff Bagwell 11 Ken Caminiti  1 Casey Candaele 17 Andújar Cedeño 36 Gary Cooper 20 Mark McLemore 23 Andy Mota 10 Ken Oberkfell 16 Rafael Ramírez  6 Dave Rohde 20 Jose Tolentino 15 Eric Yelding		Outfielders 23 Eric Anthony 22 Mark Davidson 12 Steve Finley 26 Luis Gonzalez 28 Kenny Lofton 29 Javier Ortiz  4 Karl Rhodes 30 Mike Simms  2 Gerald Young		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 48 Matt Galante (third base)  3 Phil Garner (assistant) 42 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 14 Ed Ott (first base)

Game log

Regular season

1991 regular season game log: 65–97 (Home: 37–44; Away: 28–53)
April: 8–11 (Home: 5–4; Away: 3–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 7 April 15 @ Braves 8 April 16 @ Braves 9 April 17 @ Braves 16 April 26 Braves 17 April 27 Braves 18 April 28 Braves
May: 10–18 (Home: 6–10; Away: 4–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 21 May 3 @ Pirates 22 May 4 @ Pirates 23 May 5 @ Pirates 27 May 10 Cardinals 28 May 11 Cardinals 29 May 12 Cardinals 30 May 14 Pirates 31 May 15 Pirates 32 May 16 Pirates 33 May 17 @ Cardinals 34 May 18 @ Cardinals 35 May 19 @ Cardinals 36 May 20 Dodgers 37 May 21 Dodgers 38 May 22 Dodgers 39 May 23 Dodgers 40 May 24 Padres 41 May 25 Padres 42 May 26 Padres 43 May 27 @ Dodgers 44 May 28 @ Dodgers 45 May 29 @ Dodgers 46 May 30 @ Padres 47 May 31 @ Padres
June: 11–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 48 June 1 @ Padres 49 June 2 @ Padres 57 June 11 Phillies 58 June 12 Phillies 59 June 13 Phillies 66 June 20 @ Phillies 67 June 21 @ Phillies 68 June 22 @ Phillies 69 June 23 @ Phillies 70 June 25 Braves 71 June 26 Braves 72 June 27 Braves
July: 12–17 (Home: 7–5; Away: 5–12) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 62nd All-Star Game in Toronto, Ontario 86 July 15 @ Pirates 87 July 16 @ Pirates 88 July 17 @ Pirates 92 July 22 @ Cardinals 93 July 23 @ Cardinals 94 July 24 @ Cardinals 95 July 26 Pirates 96 July 27 Pirates 97 July 28 Pirates 98 July 29 Cardinals 99 July 30 Cardinals 100 July 31 Cardinals
August: 12–17 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 101 August 2 Dodgers 102 August 3 Dodgers 103 August 4 Dodgers 104 August 5 Padres 105 August 6 Padres 106 August 7 Padres 107 August 8 Padres 108 August 9 @ Braves 109 August 10 @ Braves 110 August 11 @ Braves 111 August 12 @ Padres 112 August 13 @ Padres 113 August 14 @ Padres 114 August 15 @ Dodgers 115 August 16 @ Dodgers 116 August 17 @ Dodgers 117 August 18 @ Dodgers 126 August 28 @ Phillies 127 August 29 @ Phillies
September: 10–18 (Home: 5–11; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 134 September 6 Phillies 135 September 7 Phillies 136 September 8 Phillies 137 September 9 Padres 138 September 10 Padres 139 September 11 Dodgers 140 September 12 Dodgers 144 September 16 @ Padres 145 September 17 @ Padres 146 September 18 @ Dodgers 147 September 19 @ Dodgers 154 September 27 Braves 155 September 28 Braves 156 September 29 Braves
October: 3–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–3) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 160 October 4 @ Braves 161 October 5 @ Braves 162 October 6 @ Braves
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Astros team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Craig Biggio	149	546	161	.295	4	46
1B	Jeff Bagwell	156	554	163	.294	15	82
2B	Casey Candaele	151	461	121	.262	4	50
3B	Ken Caminiti	152	574	145	.253	13	80
SS	Eric Yelding	78	276	67	.243	1	20
LF	Luis Gonzalez	137	473	120	.254	13	69
CF	Steve Finley	159	596	170	.285	8	54
RF	Tuffy Rhodes	44	136	29	.213	1	12

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Andújar Cedeño	67	251	61	.243	9	36
Rafael Ramírez	101	233	55	.236	1	20
Gerald Young	108	142	31	.218	1	11
Mark Davidson	85	142	27	.190	2	15
Mike Simms	49	123	25	.203	3	16
Eric Anthony	39	118	18	.153	1	7
Andy Mota	27	90	17	.189	1	6
Javier Ortiz	47	83	23	.277	1	5
Kenny Lofton	20	74	15	.203	0	0
Ken Oberkfell	53	70	16	.229	0	14
Mark McLemore	21	61	9	.148	0	2
José Tolentino	44	54	14	.259	1	6
Carl Nichols	20	51	10	.196	0	1
Dave Rohde	29	41	5	.122	0	0
Scott Servais	16	37	6	.162	0	6
Tony Eusebio	10	19	2	.105	0	0
Gary Cooper	9	16	4	.250	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pete Harnisch	33	216.2	12	9	2.70	172
Mark Portugal	32	168.1	10	12	4.49	120
Jim Deshaies	28	161.0	5	12	4.98	98
Jimmy Jones	26	135.1	6	8	4.39	88
Ryan Bowen	14	71.2	6	4	5.15	49
Chris Gardner	5	24.2	1	2	4.01	12
Jeff Juden	4	18.0	0	2	6.00	11
Brian Williams	2	12.0	0	1	3.75	4
Mike Scott	2	7.0	0	2	12.86	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Darryl Kile	37	153.2	7	11	3.69	100
Xavier Hernandez	32	63.0	2	7	4.71	55

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Osuna	71	7	6	12	3.42	68
Curt Schilling	56	3	5	8	3.81	71
Dwayne Henry	52	3	2	2	3.19	51
Jim Corsi	47	0	5	0	3.71	53
Jim Clancy	30	0	3	5	2.78	33
Mike Capel	25	1	3	3	3.03	23
Rob Mallicoat	24	0	2	1	3.86	18
Dean Wilkins	7	2	1	1	11.25	4

Awards and honors

• Jeff Bagwell, First Base, National League Rookie of the Year

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Bob Skinner
AA	Jackson Generals	Texas League	Rick Sweet
A	Osceola Astros	Florida State League	Sal Butera
A	Burlington Astros	Midwest League	Tim Tolman
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season	Auburn Astros	New York–Penn League	Steve Dillard
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson

References

1. Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
2. Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1991 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference